New to the site, question about light duty

[MassWineGuy]

The whole point here is that this is arbitrary, as in some people get light duty and others don't. I guess you haven't been around long enough to figure it out.

BTW, congratulations Mass Wine Guy on beating lymphoma.

Thank you. As these cases go, mine responded very well to chemo. But I still don't wish to do it again, nor wish it on anyone.

OP: If you're being offered light duty, even at reduced hours, do it. I know lots of full-time drivers who lately struggle to make 35 or 40 hours/week.

 

[Swngdrvr]

Thank you. As these cases go, mine responded very well to chemo. But I still don't wish to do it again, nor wish it on anyone.

OP: If you're being offered light duty, even at reduced hours, do it. I know lots of full-time drivers who lately struggle to make 35 or 40 hours/week.

I started today. My manager told me:"you're talent is going to waste sitting at home. We don't do light duty for just anyone."

 

[MrFedEx]

I started today. My manager told me:"you're talent is going to waste sitting at home. We don't do light duty for just anyone."

Again, selective offering of light duty...which is wrong. Glad you were fortunate enough to get it. Just another reason we need a union.

 

[59 Dano]

Again, selective offering of light duty...which is wrong.

Today: "It's not fair. All rules should be rigidly enforced among all employees."
Tomorrow: "It's not fair. They should make exceptions based on the circumstances and the employee's work history."

Take your pick.

 

[MrFedEx]

Today: "It's not fair. All rules should be rigidly enforced among all employees."
Tomorrow: "It's not fair. They should make exceptions based on the circumstances and the employee's work history."

Take your pick.

I'll take some consistency and fairness, please.

 

[Cactus]

Today: "It's not fair. All rules should be rigidly enforced among all employees."
Tomorrow: "It's not fair. They should make exceptions based on the circumstances and the employee's work history."

Take your pick.

You would know about light duty since you come from Station One. That's all there is there.

 

[MrFedEx]

You would know about light duty since you come from Station One. That's all there is there.

His brain is on "light duty". Thunder does the heavy lifting.

 

[59 Dano]

His brain is on "light duty".

That's all I need when talking to you, bacha, and Cactus.

 

[barnyard]

The OP needs to check the worker's comp laws in his/her state to see what is allowed and what is not. In my state, if they offer a light duty job substitute, it has to be for the same average number of hours worked 12 weeks before the injury.

So, unless someone here knows the comp law for the state where the OP resides, the only useful info anyone here can give is, "Check your state's comp laws."

 

[MrFedEx]

That's all I need when talking to you, bacha, and Cactus.

A FedEx manager generally has a pulse, a room temperature IQ, and a raging inferiority complex and/or Short Man Syndrome. My guess is you qualify on all 4 counts.

 

[59 Dano]

A FedEx manager generally has a pulse, a room temperature IQ, and a raging inferiority complex and/or Short Man Syndrome. My guess is you qualify on all 4 counts.

If I'm a manager.

 

[Cactus]

If I'm a manager.

1. We really don't care if you're a manager.

2. Most of us KNOW you're a shill.

3. That's all we need to know.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Again, selective offering of light duty...which is wrong. Glad you were fortunate enough to get it. Just another reason we need a union.

Well said. Everyone who needs it and is cleared by their doctors should be entitled to light duty.

 

[Swngdrvr]

Found out yesterday I officially need surgery. Hopefully it doesn't take workers comp another month to approve it.

 

[Operational needs]

Well said. Everyone who needs it and is cleared by their doctors should be entitled to light duty.

When I was out for a surgery, my papers from HCMP in Memphis said that I must work light duty. SM said, No light duty at our station. No problemo. I stayed home the whole time getting paid.

 

[MassWineGuy]

That's what I call a good outcome.

 

[MrFedEx]

If I'm a manager.

You tell us you are, but we know you're a shill. Probably from PR or HR, but assigned to monitor social media and either deflect criticism, attack the accuser, and/or lie to make the company look good.

No matter what your title is, you're really bad at your job.

 

[americana50]

Not when worker's comp is paying you. You have to work at least 10 hours a week if you are going to do light duty, no more than 28 hours. Worker's comp takes your gross pay you get from fedex, subtracts that from the full amount they have, and then pays 66% of that amount to offset the light duty wages.

Question: If you are on light duty due to an illness, no workers comp, can Fed Ex tell you that 5 hrs a day is the maximum? Can't live on that.

 

[Operational needs]

Question: If you are on light duty due to an illness, no workers comp, can Fed Ex tell you that 5 hrs a day is the maximum? Can't live on that.

I've always been told that light duty is a maximum of 28 hours. They can tell you whatever they want.

 

[59 Dano]

Question: If you are on light duty due to an illness, no workers comp, can Fed Ex tell you that 5 hrs a day is the maximum? Can't live on that.

The alternative is short-term disability, which makes (or made, if it has since changed) up the difference between whatever hours you worked and what it would take to bring you up to 27 for the week. Contact your HCMP person.